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DESCRIP'f10N OF PROPOSED PROJECT Gustavson, Inc. proposes to create six multiplexs rsnd retain an cxisting swctwe on 1.87 acres of Iand located on Silver Lake Road, Everett, Wachington. The project would provide moderate-priced rental housing in south EveretG BASELINE INFORMATION Introduction On June 22, 1988, Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc. conducted a field survey of the Silver Lake Property. Additional wetland delineation work was mnducted Febn�ary 20, 1991 in order to utiliu the current delineation methodology accepted by governing a�encfes. 'Ru vegetation, soils and hydrology of the site wero characteriud by Jones 8t Stokes Associates' staff. Portions of the site were previously defned as wetlands (0.96 acres) by the Snohomish Counry 'Vater Resources Group during a survey rnnducted on Apri14, 1986. Since that time, conswction activities resulted in the 6lling of a portion of the weqand area The site waz revisited by Snohomish County on February 8, 1988 and on March 1, 1988 by the Washington Department of Ecology. The Snohomish County team estimated that Q.22 acres of the original wetland remained after Glling. Methodology Wetlands at the site were delineated using the m=thodology outlined in the Ftderal Manual for ldentiCying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989). 'Ibis document represents an interagency effort whereby the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Secvioe (USFWS), U.S. Soil Conservadon Service (SCS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and the U.S. Enviranmental Protection Agenry (EPA) present a unified approach to wetland de6neation. This appruach requires examination of three wetland parameters: soi(s, hydrology, and ve��;atioa. For an area to be considered wetland, a positive tadicator for all t6ree of these parameters must be present Each parameter is discussed further in t6e following paragraphs. Hydric (wetland) soils are defined as those soils which are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic condidons t6at favor the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic (wetland) vegetsdon. Hydric indicators include low soil chroma, mottles, gleying, and high organic content. During the 5eld invesdgadon, soils were sumpled with a hand•held soil augur and exami.ned for hydric indicators. 7zq